In article >,
atec 7 7 <"atec > wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:13:39 -0600, Omelet >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> In article >,
> >> sf > wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:58:45 -0600, Omelet >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I have a couple of solid oak boards and one nice pine one. The largest
> >>>> oak cutting board is one I made myself from a piece of 1" x 12" oak.
> >>>> It's tougher than the other two commercial made ones. :-)
> >>> Making a cutting board is a mystery to me. How do you piece it
> >>> together? Someday, I'll take a woodworking course and make one.
> >> I didn't. It's just a 1" x 12" hunk of untreated oak lumber from the
> >> lumber yard. ;-) It's about 18" long and just well sanded then oiled to
> >> finish it. The corners and edges got special attention with the
> >> sandpaper.
> >>
> >> Many MANY commercial cutting boards are just carved out flat hunks of
> >> wood. No "piecing" involved...
> >
> > Oh, ok. I want to make something bigger than 12 inches wide though.
> >
> I have a superb 20" square ironbark board about 1" thick
> and it cost nothing

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On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:28:45 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:08:39 -0500, "Ed Pawlowski" >
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"sf" > wrote in message
>>>
>>> Thanks, that was what I thought. I need to look for a community
>>> college wood working class.
>>
>>The CC is a good place to start if classes are offered. Some Woodcraft
>>stores have classes and you can rent time for equipment use. There is one
>>in Dublin and one in San Carlos. Other places may have similar setups.
>>
>I didn't know anything about those places.

Most High Schools offer evening adult ed classes